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World leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet to discuss the treatment of Germany, the status of Poland, the creation of the United Nations, and Russian entry into the war against Japan
Yalta Conference
John F. Kennedy
The leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
Fidel Castro
The leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
Joseph Stalin
An aid program to help the European economy to recover from World War 2
Marshall Plan
Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1945 to 1955
Ho Chi Minh
An international group whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security
United Nations
A United States Senator who alleged many communist spies had infultrated the United States government
Joseph McCarthy
A military alliance formed between the Unites States, Canada, and Western European nations to counter any possible Soviet threat
N.A.T.O
Relating to both land and water
Amphibious
The defense policy that stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long-range bombing capabilities
"New Look"
A program through which young American volunteers helped with education, health, and other projects in developing countries around the world
Peace Corps
A conference where American officials convinced Stalin to accept German amends from the far eastern part of Germany
Potsdam Conference
Top-secret government report warning that national survival in the face of Soviet communism required a massive military buildup
NSC-68
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
A nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States when the Soviets attempted to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
A military alliance established in Eastern Europe to counter NATO
Warsaw Pact
The domestic policy agenda including civil rights, health care, and education reform
Fair Deal
A policy of the Cold War seeking to contain Communism within its existing geographic boundaries
Containment
A program the permitted officials to investigate any employee of the federal government for "subversive" activities
Loyalty-Security Program
A congressional committee that investigated Americans who might be disloyal to the government, or associated with communists
House Un-American Activities Committee
President Eisenhower's theory of containment, warning that the fall of a non-Communist government to a communist government in Southeast Asia would trigger the spread of communism to neighboring countries
Domino Theory
President Eisenhower's declaration that the United States would actively combat communism in the Middle East
Eisenhower Doctrine
A failed U.S.-sponsored invasion of Cuba that planned to overthrow Castro's government
Bay of Pigs
President Truman's commitment to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures"
Truman Doctrine